Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CUTS

NYSLL Article 2, Section 27-a.3.a(1): The employer did not furnish employees employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees and which will provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, safety or health of its employees. a) Employees of the Village of Port Jefferson Dept of Public Works were exposed to the hazard of being infected with the rabies virus through possible direct contact with saliva or fluids from potentially rabid animals (eg, raccoons, fox, opposum, cats, dogs, deer or others) being introduced into open cuts or wounds in the skin or via mucous membranes which can occur when workers pick up and remove road kill or other dead animals. Reasonable and adequate abatement methods for reducing this hazard, among others is the development and implementation of an effective comprehensive rabies control training program including but not necessarily limited to, the proper handling practices of removing road kill; the personal protective equipment needed; the etiology and modes of transmission of the disease; decontamination of equipment and personal hygiene (eg, hand washing); avoidance of animal saliva contact; and follow-up procedures in event of an exposure incident. Note : Training shall be provided to all workers, who are assigned tasks where there is occupational exposure to rabies.